Description

George Washington Signed Membership Certificate for the Society
of the Cincinnati, Signed on the Tenth Anniversary of
Independence Partly-printed document signed, "Go: Washington,"
19.25" x 13.75" on vellum, Mount Vernon, Virginia, July 4, 1786. A
beautifully engraved membership certificate issued to William
Severett as a member of The Society of the Cincinnati. Beautifully
engraved with the Society's emblem at top center and at the bottom,
a vignette of a woman shunning the figures of war and walking
toward a cherub trumpeting peace. The Society was established in
May, 1783 at the close of the American Revolution, by Continental
Army officers who served in the war. The Society was named for
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, a Roman farmer turned military leader,
who, upon his triumphant return, declined all honors, and went back
to his farm: an ideal emulated by Washington and many of his
compatriots. Some light soiling, signature just a tad light,
otherwise bright with crisp engravings. Accompanied by COA from
PSA/DNA.